ADMIN: Re: Apology (re: recent discussions with Richard Abanes)

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 17716

Scott said:

> I know we aren't supposed to continue the Richard Abanes thread but
> in and off-list e-mail he asked me to post this. Do not flame me!
> These are his words and you can take them for what they are...

<snipped Richard Abanes' recent post to Scott - refer back for full text>

Thank you, Scott!  Also, thanks to everyone, including Richard, for
observing the decision to end that thread, and to some of you for
well-reasoned messages sent off list.

There are good lessons to be learned here, in how words on a page can
portray us differently than we might wish.  In an internet forum, it's very
easy for the worst aspects of a thread to grow wings and bury the good
points beneath.

Moral: Choose your words carefully or they will follow you like a shadow...

Neil, feeling a touch philosophical
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